Current Position
11/2015 Deputy Director of Institute of Clinical Cancer Research (IKF) at Krankenhaus Nordwest gGmbH Frankfurt, UCT- University Cancer Center Frankfurt
11/2015 Deputy Director of the Section upper GI- tract at Krankenhaus Nordwest gGmbH, UCT- University Cancer Center Frankfurt
Scientific degrees
09-10/2014: German “Habilitation” in Visceral Surgery (“Prognostic factors in surgical therapy of incidental gallbladder carcinoma”) at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt / Application of the title “Dr. med. habil. /Privatdozent”
2005: MD degree/PhD on „Prognosis of incidental gallbladder carcinoma regarding primary access technique.”
Professional work
12/2017 Managing Director of the University Cancer Center (UCT) Frankfurt, Location Krankenhaus Nordwest
12/2017 Managing Director of the Hessian Oncology Concept (HOK), Location Krankenhaus Nordwest
11/2015: Deputy Director of the Section upper GI- tract at the Krankenhaus Nordwest
11/2015: Deputy Director of Institute of Clinical Cancer Research (IKF) at the Krankenhaus Nordwest gGmbH Frankfurt,
10/2014: Attending physician (Oberarzt) at the Department of General- and Visceral-Surgery at Dr. Horst- Schmidt Kliniken (HSK) Wiesbaden/ Head of Colorectal-surgery
Since 2014: Specialist in visceral surgery at the Ketteler- Krankenhaus Offenbach
2011-2014: Attending physician at the Department of General- and Visceral- Surgery (director: Prof. Dr. V. Paolucci) at the Ketteler- Krankenhaus Offenbach.
Since 2011: Specialist in general surgery at the Ketteler- Krankenhaus Offenbach
2008- 2011: Resident physician at the Department of General- and Visceral- Surgery (director: Prof. Dr. V. Paolucci) at the Ketteler- Krankenhaus Offenbach.
2007-2008: Resident physician at the Department of Trauma Surgery (director: Dr. Thürck) Asklepios- clinic Langen
2005-2007: Resident physician at the Department of Surgery (director: Prof. Dr. V. Paolucci) at the Ketteler-Krankenhaus Offenbach.
Clinical certificates
08/2019 License as Medical Oncology therapy
2018 Board certification in special visceral surgery
2015: License physician responsible for hygiene
2014: License as proctologist
2014: Board certification in visceral surgery
2011: Board certification in general surgery
2010: Technical qualification in radiation protection
2008: License as emergency physician
2004: License as physician
Education
2000-2004: Medical studies at the Johannes- Gutenberg- University (Mainz) and Johann-Wolfgang- Goethe Medical School Frankfurt – final grade 1.3 –
1997-2000: Dentistry studies at the Johann- Wolfgang- Goethe Medical School Frankfurt
1996-97: alternative civilian service
1996: final secondary-school examination (Abitur) grade 1.9
1985-96: Secondary school Dietzenbach/ Germany
Societies / Committees
Member of the steering committee “Onkopedia Guidelines for Biliary Tract Cancer”
Member of the steering committee 2014 of the German S3- guidelines (S3-Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Gallstones. German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases and German Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. )
Member of the steering committee of the German working group of medical oncologists (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internistische Onkologie) (AIO)/ Section Hepatobiliary- tumors (Mitglied der Leitgruppe).
Member of the steering committee of the German working group of medical oncologists (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internistische Onkologie) (AIO)/ Section Esophago- / Gastric- tumors (co- opted Surgeon) (Mitglied der Leitgruppe).
Member of the of MSD MK3475 KN585- NAC/adj- Trial Steering Committee in gastric cancer 2016- 2021
Member of the advisory committee for the Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG),
Member of the advisory committee for the Gutachter und Schlichtungsstelle der Landesärztekammer Hessen,
Member of the advisory committee for the Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte (BfArM)
Member of the advisory committee German Society of Oncology “Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft”
Member of the German Society of general- and visceral surgery (DGAV)
Member of the German Society of Surgery (DGCH)
Member of the German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Medizinische Onkologie) DGHO
Member of the German Society of Oncology “Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft”
Member of the Surgical working group of Liver, Gallbladder and Pancreas (Chirurgische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Leber-, Galle- und Pankreaserkrankungen) (CALGP)
Member of the Surgical working group of upper gastrointestinal tract (Chirurgischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für den Oberen Gastrointestinaltrakt) (CAOGI)
Member of the German working group of medical oncologists (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internistische Onkologie) (AIO)
Scientific awards/ Trials
2019 Best Poster – Genetics and translational research at International Gastric Cancer Congress 2019 – Prague – Analysis of PDL1 mRNA expression in pts with locally advanced gastric cancer and adenocarcinoma of the GEJ undergoing chemotherapy: results from the FLOT4 phase III trial of the AIO
2017 Perioperative chemotherapy with FLOT versus ECF/ECX for resectable gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma (FLOT4-AIO): A multi- center, randomized phase 3 trial Viszeralmedizin 2017
2013 Poster of distinction at 130. Kongress Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie Lymphknotenratio, Lymphknotenstatus und Ausmaß der Lymphadenektomie als unterschätzte Prognosefaktoren bei okkultem Gallenblasenkarzinom.
2007 Poster of distinction at SAGES 2007, Scientific Sessions, Surgical Spring Week Titel: Incidental gallbladder carcinoma after laparoscopic cholecystectomie and the problem of a practical classification
2004 Best final degree at Johann- Wolfgang- Goethe Medical School Frankfurt – final grade 1.3
Selected Trials
Head / Principle Investigator of the “German- Registry” for Incidental Gallbladder Carcinoma
Principle Investigator and acquirers of external funding for the DFG- “GAIN- trial” multimodal therapy in “Incidental Gallbladder Carcinoma” Principle Investigator and acquirers of external funding for the “MARGIT- trial” – Erprobungs-Richtlinie Magnetresonanztomographie-gesteuerte hochfokussierte Ultraschalltherapie beim Uterusmyom of the Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss (g-BA)
Principle Investigator and acquirers of external funding for the Gastric- cancer HIPEC- trial of the Germa Cancer Aid (Deutsche Krebshilfe) – “Preventive HIPEC in combination with perioperative FLOT versus FLOT alone for resectable diffuse type gastric and gastroesophageal junction Typ II/III adenocarcinoma – A phase III trial of the AIO/ CAOGI/ACO
Principle Investigator of the “Dynamic Inguinal Hernia Repair with a 3D Fixation-free and Motion-compliant Implant trial”